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Sorry for the late reply, I didn't realize the email to inform me of your response went to the junk mail. :D I haven't added any sorbate, it's just been clearing from racking over the last few months. (Crystal clear now). Since I've already added the sugar and I don't want it to be too...

Hi all, I made an orange wine this summer. It's still in the carboy and had finished clearing a month or so ago. I checked the alcohol content and it was a little lower than I wanted, so I gave it a boost with a little sugar. However, it didn't start back up fermenting like I expected...

Hey everyone, I'm sorry I didn't write anything back. The site is on instant email notification and I never got anything telling me I had replies (not in the spam folder either, may have to look into it), so I didn't know I had all your help. Either way, I finally got it going. It took a...

Hi everyone, I've been making wine for about a year now and have had many successful batches. However, I started in to a five gallon batch of blueberry wine and simply cannot get it to start fermenting. I've started nearly 8 yeast starters, and every time they get frothy with yeast, crackle...

I guess I do like to dive into things head first. That and it was much cheaper than a premade wine kit, or tracking down wine grapes or something. :) I guess I also didn't know that berries were more difficult. They just sounded like fun and if my first batch wasn't the best I wasn't out...

I'm figuring that the AC is 16% because currently, the gravity is less than 1.000 at about 0.990 or so, which puts it at 16% (12 - (-4)). It's possible my hydrometer is off, but the range changed enough to get the AC%. As for the recipe, I'll have to give it to you when I get home as I'm at...

Hi everyone, This is my first post here and I am having some questions about my first batch of wine. I didn't use a kit wine and made it completely from scratch. Everything seemed to go pretty well, it has a great color, is currently sitting at around 16% alcohol (potent), and everything for...